L’histoire d’Adèle H.

Adèle Hugo, the second daughter of the celebrated French writer Victor Hugo, arrives in Nova Scotia in 1863. Living under an assumed name, she tracks down her former lover, a young and attractive army officer, Lieutenant Pinson. Although Pinson insists that their romance is over and rejects her advances, Adèle remains clinging to her love. Her passion turns into an intense, self-destructive obsession.